{"product_id":"the-tinderbox-518520","title":"The Tinderbox","description":"\"I've marveled at Dat's ability to accept the Old Ways so readily, considering his modern upbringing. Mamma says it's like he was born to be Amish. Maybe so, but all the same, I wished I knew something more about his past.\"  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eWith her parents' twentieth anniversary approaching, eighteen-year-old Sylvia Miller finds her father's cherished brass tinderbox left unlocked. Against her better judgment, Sylvia opens the heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will splinter apart her happy life and alter everything for her close-knit Old Order Amish family. As the long-kept secret emerges into the light of day, can the Millers find a way forward through the turmoil to a place of forgiveness?  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e-Publisher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the day before her Amish parents' twentieth wedding anniversary, Sylvia Miller stumbles across the key to the old brass tinderbox her father keeps in his Lancaster County watch repair shop. Piqued by curiosity, Sylvia unlocks the cherished heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will splinter apart her happy life.  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e Once Sylvia overcomes her shock, she confronts her father about the contents of the box. To her amazement, the respected convert to the Old Order admits that he is not fit to be a member of the Hickory Hollow Amish church--in fact, he never was.  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e Burdened by the weight of his deception, Earnest Miller reveals the details about his past to Sylvia--and to his wife, Rhoda. The long-kept secret alters everything for the close-knit family, and when word of Earnest's deceit reaches others in the community, the truth pits Amish neighbors against one another and threatens to dry up Earnest's livelihood--as well as to break up Sylvia's engagement to the preacher's grandson.  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e Can the Millers find a way forward through the turmoil to a place of forgiveness and acceptance?","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51564109627679,"sku":"9780764232831","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9780764232831_1449787.jpg?v=1769192463","url":"https:\/\/koorong.com\/products\/the-tinderbox-518520","provider":"Koorong","version":"1.0","type":"link"}